Books & Gadgets

Why Use Herbs? Throughout the ages, plants have served a multitude of uses for human survival. Ethnobotany – the study of plant lore and agricultural customs – has provided us with rich evidence of the ways different cultures have...

100 Plants to Feed the Bees How can we – as home gardeners – help the bees? Gardeners are eager to save honey bees, bumblebees, native bees, and other pollinators, but too often we don’t know how or where to begin.  With these...

15 Herbs for Tea  Growing your own herbal teas can be just as therapeutic as drinking them. The tea garden is a sensory delight, producing colors, aromas and flavors to enjoy throughout the seasons. The plants are easy to grow and you don’t...

All the Onions The onion is one of the oldest domestic vegetables known to man, with hundreds of cultivated varieties. They all vary in appearance, flavor, pungency and how long they keep. This short book will guide you through selecting the right type...

Eggs and Chickens When was the last time you tasted a really fresh egg? One with a high yolk that was a deep, dark yellow, bordering on pink, and a white that stayed together in a plump circle instead of running all over the frying pan? The difference...

Glassine Envelopes Perfect for storing seeds you have collected or saved from your garden. Acid free. 12 per pack. From the soil to the seed to the food you eat - we'll help you grow your best garden!

Grow a Butterfly Garden This handy book teaches the how's and whys of creating a butterfly garden including choosing plants that attract butterflies and using them in everything from window boxes to full backyard gardens. Special attention is given to...

Grow the Best Tomatoes The tomato is a fruit that we use as a vegetable, one of the few vegetables native to the Americas. It was first known as a food in Peru and until a couple of centuries ago, only grown as an ornamental and dubbed the “love...

Grow Your Soil! - Harness the Power of the Soil Food Web to Create Your Best Garden Ever Every gardener knows that the key to a good garden is rich, fertile soil. But that’s only the beginning, which begs the question of what is soil, exactly?...

Homegrown Whole Grains Grow, Harvest & Cook Wheat, Barley, Oats, Rice, Corn & More Learn to grow, harvest, store, grind, and cook with nine of the most popular whole grains: wheat, corn, barley, millet, oats, rice, rye, spelt, and quinoa...

Improving Your Soil Sometimes, a little understanding and knowledge can go a long way.  Take your garden soil for instance – you can devote multiple lifetimes to studying and learning all you can about soil, earning multiple degrees along...

Salsas!  What we've come to think of as salsa is commonly served cold, and it's brimful of ingredients, with very little liquid. It's often fairly spicy, but you can control the amount of heat to suit yourself. Whatever salsa is, we love it. In...

Starting Seeds How to Grow Healthy, Productive Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers from Seed  There are so many reasons to start your garden from seed! Growing plants from seeds isn’t difficult; it just takes a little know-how. Now, gardeners...

Starting Seeds Indoors This short book has concise, clear, practical and simple instructions on how to start all kinds of seeds indoors. There are great charts and information accessible at a glance for determining which seeds need dark, light,...

Wide Mouth Mason Jar Seed Sprouting Lids - Easy & Safe Sprouting Sprouts are the hands-down, fastest way to grow tender, delicious, and healthy fresh greens any time of year, regardless of weather, with no soil, sunlight, or space requirements. All...

Discover the Widger – A Timeless Tool for Your Heirloom Garden Forget fumbling with makeshift tools! The Widger seedling tool is an elegant, must-have tool for planting seeds, pricking out, and transplanting your most delicate seedlings. Its...

Wooden Plant Markers - Long Lasting Garden Helpers These sturdy hardwood markers have a good-sized writing area that looks natural in the garden and can be reused for several years, lasting much longer than the standard pine markers. We commonly see 1...